Tongs



oct. 9,1923.

W. SMITH ET AL.

TONGS Filed March 22, 1922 C I V I I; A

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TONGS.

Application filed March 1922.

lie it known that we, \VILLIAX SMITH and PATRICK J' SFILLANE, citizens of "he United i itates and re idents 01 Houston, in the county of lVashington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tongs; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full clear, and exact description of the inven tion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it eppertoins to make and use the some.

Our invention relat to and erticularly to it ton for handling! n'etel or tin-plate.

The invention consists of certain features and details of: construction v. be more fully described hereinm'itl pointed out in the claim. Vi e will now describe our invention, relrn ore sh ee t erence being had to the acco drznvin s, in "fl'lllCll "-lnlllill letters ererue indicate corresponding parts ditterent figures, and in which F ure s is 5 plan vieix" of the tongs, and l is e side el vetion oi the some,

Al represents one or the 11min SQPHYL i? the tong, which is provided th e 1 i 53 on one end thereof and with a heiiuie-be C. on the opposite end.

lovahl secured on the section 11, are aux .ier i handlelzers :md. (1 which are connected together by means oi plates H in sue a manner as to petiuit the handleand G to slice laterally thereon connected to the arm oi the as fol- The operation o't our invention ilows:

When it is desired to remove a bundle of sheet metal or plate from a vet simply take hold of the handlebar 0, when the handle-hers F, and G, will drop downward, which movement in turn will cause the ow D, to assume the open position then grasp the C, F, and G with both henos and squeeze some together which will cause the jaws P, and D, to close tight against the bundle of metal to he removed, then lift straight up and pull seine the vet.

It will he seen that by using our improved tongs, that ml may he removed from the vet much easier then by the use of the old fashioned tongs and there will he less cramping of the hands.

living described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Pateot is:

A ton prime; a on one end and handlebar on 1 end, euxilie lieiidlehers movehly on said section h; means of plates ll, pivoted to the main section whi' niinetes into an arm, links c 1 end to the bars 11 and G, and their o ends to the arm of the jaw l1 1 V. tially as and for t e purposes oi, described. 7

in testimony that we claim the for i as our joint invention we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing; witnesses.

seiilinns.

LLLXM liil l PATRICK l Witnesses Miami ii. DECKER, 

